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Iranian Regime Supplying More Attack Drones to Russia, Ukrainian Military Says
Smoke rises from buildings destroyed during Russian strikes against the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. Photo: Reuters/Eyepress Media
Iran has sent a new batch of its deadly “Shahed” drones to its Russian ally, according to Ukrainian military intelligence.
Speaking on Ukrainian television on Thursday, Natalia Humenyuk — head of the joint press center of the Southern Operational Command of the country’s military — said that the transfer had taken place earlier this week.
“Literally the day before yesterday, the flight of the next air cargo board from Tehran to Moscow was recorded,” Humenyuk said, referring to the transfer on Dec. 27.
“This suggests that [weapons] supplies have not stopped,” she said. “[Russia] continues to receive support from Iran.”
Iran has established itself as one of Russia’s most reliable allies since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in Feb. 2022. In a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed “robust disapproval” of Russia’s “dangerous” cooperation with Iran, according to an Israeli readout of the call between the two leaders.
Humenyuk addressed the issue of Russia’s use of Iranian drones in response to a question about Ukraine’s successful strike on Tuesday against the Novocherkassk, a Russian tank landing ship that is part of Moscow’s prized Black Sea fleet.
The Iranian drones were part of more than 150 missiles and drones launched on Friday by Russian forces against the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, and Kharkiv. At least 30 people were reported to have been killed and dozens more wounded.
Yuriy Ignat, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian air force, told the AFP news agency that Friday’s attacks were a “record number” and the “most massive missile attack” of the war, with the exception of the Russian bombardment that accompanied the invasion in the first days of the conflict.
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Israeli Strike on Tehran Kills Bodyguard of Slain Hezbollah Chief
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi lays a wreath as he visits the burial site of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, June 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
A member of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah was killed in an Israeli air strike on Tehran alongside a member of an Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group, a senior Lebanese security source told Reuters and the Iraqi group said on Saturday.
The source identified the Hezbollah member as Abu Ali Khalil, who had served as a bodyguard for Hezbollah’s slain chief Hassan Nasrallah. The source said Khalil had been on a religious pilgrimage to Iraq when he met up with a member of the Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada group.
They traveled together to Tehran and were both killed in an Israeli strike there, along with Khalil’s son, the senior security source said. Hezbollah has not joined in Iran’s air strikes against Israel from Lebanon.
Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada published a statement confirming that both the head of its security unit and Khalil had been killed in an Israeli strike.
Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli aerial attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs in September.
Israel and Iran have been trading strikes for nine consecutive days since Israel launched attacks on Iran, saying Tehran was on the verge of developing nuclear weapons. Iran has said it does not seek nuclear weapons.
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Hamas Financial Officer and Commander Eliminated by IDF in the Gaza Strip
Israeli soldiers operate during a ground operation in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, July 3, 2024. Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via REUTERS
i24 News – The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), in cooperation with the General Security Service (Shin Bet), announced on Friday the killing of Ibrahim Abu Shamala, a senior financial official in Hamas’ military wing.
The operation took place on June 17th in the central Gaza Strip.
Abu Shamala held several key positions, including financial officer for Hamas’ military wing and assistant to Marwan Issa, the deputy commander of Hamas’ military wing until his elimination in March 2024.
He was responsible for managing all the financial resources of Hamas’ military wing in Gaza, overseeing the planning and execution of the group’s war budget. This involved handling and smuggling millions of dollars into the Gaza Strip to fund Hamas’ military operations.
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Report: Wary of Assassination by Israel, Khamenei Names 3 Potential Successors
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2025. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
i24 News – Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei named three senior clerics as candidates to succeed him should he be killed, the New York Times reported on Saturday citing unnamed Iranian officials. It is understood the Ayatollah fears he could be assassinated in the coming days.
Khamenei reportedly mostly speaks with his commanders through a trusted aide now, suspending electronic communications.
Khamenei has designated three senior religious figures as candidates to replace him as well as choosing successors in the military chain of command in the likely event that additional senior officials be eliminated.
Earlier on Saturday Israel confirmed the elimination of Saeed Izadi and Bhanam Shahriari.
Shahriari, head of Iran’s Quds Force Weapons Transfer Unit, responsible for arming Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, was killed in an Israeli airstrike over 1,000 km from Israel in western Iran.
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